Prior to joining the law faculty in 2008, Professor
Childress was associated with the international law
firm Jones Day in Washington, D.C., as a member
of their Issues and Appeals practice, where he focused on Supreme Court
litigation, general appellate litigation, and significant motions practice in trial
litigation. While in private practice, his appellate representations included
preparation of writs of certiorari, merits briefs, and amicus briefs in the U.S.
Supreme Court. Professor Childress has briefed and argued appeals before the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and has briefed matters in numerous
other trial and appellate courts in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Seventh, and D.C. Circuits, as well as in various state courts. He has significant
private practice experience in transnational litigation/arbitration, complex civil
procedure, conflict of laws, constitutional law, immigration law, international
dispute resolution, federal Indian law, and national security law, including
cases related to the war on terror. He maintains an active pro bono practice.
During his time in Washington, D.C., Professor Childress co-taught a Supreme
Court Litigation course at the Georgetown University Law Center and served as
a "Justice" in the Georgetown University Law Center Supreme Court Institute.
Professor Childress is admitted to practice in Virginia, the District of Columbia,
and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Professor Childress clerked for the Honorable Paul V. Niemeyer on the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. While at Duke Law School, he
served as editor-in-chief of the Duke Law Journal (Volume 53) and received the
faculty award for outstanding achievement in international, transnational, and
comparative law. While at Oxford Brookes University, he served as a Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar in the United Kingdom, where his research focused, in
part, on European constitutionalism and European Union law.

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